About Randy

Randy Richardson is an attorney, award-winning journalist, and the founding president of the Chicago Writers Association. He is the author of the Tanner Ford thriller series, including Havana Hangover and its sequel, Another Havana Hangover (2026), now available—a globe-spanning story of espionage, loyalty, and deception set eight years after the events of the original novel. Havana Hangover earned widespread acclaim, receiving honors from the Kindle Book Awards, BestThrillers.com, Reader Views, Readers’ Favorite, and the International Book Awards.

Randy is also the author of the novels Cheeseland and Lost in the Ivy, and the coauthor of the nonfiction book Cubsessions. His essays have appeared in anthologies such as Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul and Cubbie Blues, as well as literary journals including Hypertext and Memory House.

He was the first male recipient of the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator of Achievement Award and has been named to NewCity’s Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago list in 2019, 2022, and 2025.